LOCAL NEWS

Thanks to the Charity and Development Appeal, the Sunday morning Mass is broadcast simultaneously on the television, radio and the web. More than 65,000 viewers tune in each week.

Many within the pro-life movement were young children or not even born when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized abortion.

Spanish-speaking Catholics in the Phoenix area now have a radio station all their own at 740 AM.

Lawyers, elected officials, canonists and judges will gather Jan. 22 at St. Mary’s Basilica to take part in the annual Red Mass sponsored by the St. Thomas More Society and the Diocese of Phoenix.

The 2013 Charity and Development Appeal starts Jan. 26-27 in parishes and missions throughout the Diocese of Phoenix. For more than four decades, the faithful have responded to the needs of others through the annual appeal by supporting more than 70 spiritual, charitable and educational organizations.

Vincentian Father Jeff Harvey, who once served as pastor at Phoenix’s St. Vincent de Paul Parish, will be the guest homilist during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Mass Jan. 21 at St. Mary's Basilica.

Men from around the Diocese of Phoenix are gearing up to attend the annual “Into the Desert for Christ” Men’s Conference Feb. 9 at Grand Canyon University. Last year’s event drew more than 1,700 participants.

Catholic Schools Week, the annual affair which is held throughout dioceses across the nation, will celebrate the important role of Catholic education in shaping future leaders Jan. 27-Feb.2.

The Arizona Knights of Columbus have been running St. Joseph's Youth Camp since 1950 and want children from all ethnic, developmental and socio-economic backgrounds to have an authentic camp experience.

Amanda Missildine, a newlywed Catholic, will be making another heartfelt journey Jan. 1 -- this time with her husband watching from the stands. The 26-year-old...